Boredom has been given a bad rap.
No distractions. No screens. No madly planned days.
If your kid tells you that they are bored then you are on the right track.
But don't be tempted to give them something to fill up that space.
You could give them problems to solve, or a task to a complete, or recommend a book to read.
Or you could let them wallow in that boredom and see they if … [Read more...]

When is a writing project ever done?
What I thought was completed months ago had been edited, polished, and submitted it off to agents.
Since then, I changed the ending of the story, further cleaned up the text, and added in a number of new scenes.
Now it feels complete.
But if I look at it in another two months, how will I want to change it?
How will I want to tinker with it?
Is … [Read more...]

Not a real medical condition.
But one that arrives every time before I travel.
What books should I bring? How many books? Am I bringing enough books?
What if I run out of something to read?
This problem should be solved by having a store of books on my phone. But there is something reassuring and comforting about having a thick paperback in hand when boarding that plane.
But what if … [Read more...]

Are we conditioned to be blind to the possibilities around us?
Or is fearlessness the lie?
Always easiest to back away from the precipice. But just because we fall does not mean that we cannot get back up.
Fall seven, rise eight.
What is known, the death, is the great unknown. Between here and there what do we do? … [Read more...]

No, I'm not going to tell you about a zombie story I'm working on. I wish...
This is more of a behind the scenes email. A what-the-writing-life-is-like kinda thing.
So here's the story of my dead story.
At the end of July, I finished up the first draft of the first book in my Southeast Asian-inspired, fungal magic fantasy trilogy (yes, it is as cool as it sounds) and sent it off to my … [Read more...]

It's that time of year again.
Short days, long nights, end of the year deadlines and the holiday shopping frenzy.
For some people, shopping for gifts is a fun-filled adventure.
For the rest of us, it's a nightmare.
My own personal shopping madness at the end of the year is compounded by my wife and daughter both having birthdays in the two weeks before Christmas.
So it usually … [Read more...]

About the Author

Peter Fugazzotto is a fantasy and science fiction author who fights to protect the earth by day and battles his ego with armbars and slashing sticks by night. He lives in Northern California with his wife, daughter, bird and dog.
His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly and Grimdark … READ MORE

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